A possible cause for preference of super bolt lightning over the Mediterranean Sea and the Altiplano

• Main Authors: Rosenfeld, D., Efraim, A., Holzworth, R., Thornton, J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: The Altiplano; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5018002

Exceptionally high energy lightning strokes >10 6 J (X1000 stronger than average) in the very low-frequency band between 5 and 18 kHz, also known as super bolts (SB), occur mostly during winter over the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and over the Altiplano in South America. This study com...